#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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29 participants (297 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read the vast canon of Black Literature  by Black Authors from A to Z.   No requirement to go in alphabetical order from A to Z, but to read all year and document the journey as you go.  

The letter can be the book title or the authors first or last name (I.e., The Street by Ann Petry could be, "A", "P" or "S").  Read intentionally while enjoying the experience of Black Literature.  

Share your books and progress here on Story Graph and use the hashtag on bookstagram. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Until the Last Breath by Shanora Williams

Until the Last Breath

Shanora Williams

296 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary emotional fast-paced
Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

143 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

588 pages • 2013 • 134 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Loving the Legend by Kit Grey

Chasing Rings #1

Loving the Legend

Kit Grey

497 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Glory Daze by Danielle Arceneaux

A Glory Broussard Mystery #2

Glory Daze

Danielle Arceneaux

304 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction mystery medium-paced
One in a Million by Beverley Kendall

Token #2

One in a Million

Beverley Kendall

304 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Someone Like Us: A novel by Dinaw Mengestu

Someone Like Us: A novel

Dinaw Mengestu

8h 10m • 2024 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary race medium-paced
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

Kwame Alexander

426 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and their legacies by Barbara A. Pierce

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and Their Legac

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and their legacies

Barbara A. Pierce

missing page info • 5 editions

user-added

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history medium-paced
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

Briony Cameron

368 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced